*rqlite* is a distributed relational database, which uses [SQLite](https://www.sqlite.org/) as its storage engine. rqlite uses [Raft](http://raftconsensus.github.io/) to achieve consensus across all the instances of the SQLite databases, ensuring that every change made to the system is made to a quorum of SQLite databases, or none at all. It also gracefully handles leader elections, and tolerates failures of machines, including the leader.
*rqlite* is a distributed relational database, which uses [SQLite](https://www.sqlite.org/) as its storage engine. rqlite uses [Raft](http://raftconsensus.github.io/) to achieve consensus across all the instances of the SQLite databases, ensuring that every change made to the system is made to a quorum of SQLite databases, or none at all. It also gracefully handles leader elections, and tolerates failures of machines, including the leader. rqlite is compatible with Linux, OSX, and Microsoft Windows.
### Why?
rqlite gives you the functionality of a [rock solid](http://www.sqlite.org/testing.html), fault-tolerant, replicated relational database, but with very **easy installation, deployment, and operation**. With it you've got a **lightweight** and **reliable distributed relational data store**. Think [etcd](https://github.com/coreos/etcd/) or [Consul](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul), but with relational data modelling also available.
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